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In William Cottrell's trial, the jury never got to hear evidence about his Asperger's Syndrome. Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that Asperger's could not be introduced at trial as a legal defense. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Klausner's ruling was a mistake and tossed out Cottrell's arson convictions, leaving only the conspiracy count. Last week Cottrell was re-sentenced to the original 100-month term for the conspiracy conviction, after prosecutors declined to retry the arson counts. One reason federal officials declined was because they did not want Asperger's Syndrome established as a viable legal defense.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31824
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 22, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Asperger's Syndrome
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32021AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former Caltech graduate student William "Billy" Cottrell was re-sentenced to serve at least 18 more months in prison for participating in a vandalism spree in the San Gabriel Valley in 2003.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31822
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 17, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32019AN
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Newspaper Index
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William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), a former Caltech physics student who was in prison for participating in firebombing 100 vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley (Duarte, Arcadia, West Covina) in 2003, will be resentenced. The federal court has dropped arson charges against him but he remains convicted on a conspiracy charge. He could be released or face more prison time.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31805
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
32002AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31769
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 29, 2009
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Linn, Hortense Lucy
Item ID
31966AN
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A federal apeals court overturned William Cottrell's (aka Billy Cottrell), convictions on two counts of arson for his role in the 2003 torching of several sport utility vehicles (SUV) at San Gabriel Valley car dealers, attacks authorities blamed on a radical environmentalist group. The court ruled that the judge in his trial should have allowed testimony regarding Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a disability that could have affected the jury's decision.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31675
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 11, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Arson
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Vandalism
Item ID
31873AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31477
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2009
Pages
p. A16
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 15, 2009
Pages
p. A16
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Denison, John A. ("Jay")
Item ID
31670AN
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Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31346
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A7
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Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2009
Pages
p. A7
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Chew, Betty Romalie
Kennedy, Fred G. ("Fritz")
Libby, Harold Dean
Mayor, Jay (1920-2008)
Ostergard, Irma W.
Item ID
31541AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31345
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2009
Pages
p. A12
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2009
Pages
p. A12
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Kennedy, Fred G. ("Fritz")
Libby, Harold Dean
Mayor, Jay (1920-2008)
Ostergard, Irma W.
Item ID
31540AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30865
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2008
Pages
p. News 15
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2008
Pages
p. News 15
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Snell, Jay Brothen
Item ID
31053AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30421
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2007
Pages
p. News 13
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2007
Pages
p. News 13
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Bourland, Billy Paul
Item ID
30608AN
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Newspaper Index
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Attorney Michael Mayock, representing convicted client Billy Cottrell, seeks a verdict reversal for the 2003 fire-bombing of sport utility vehicles (SUV) at a San Gabriel Valley automobile dealership. He says the jury did not know about Cottrell's Asperger's Syndrome, a neurological disorder. Cottrell's prison situation is 'nightmarish.'

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30243
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Prison
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
United States Court of Appeals
Vandalism
Item ID
30430AN
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Newspaper Index
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Oak Tree racing season opens at Santa Anita Park race track. A photograph shows jockey Corey Nakatani on horse called Liquidity, jockey Aaron Gryder riding Mystic Wood, and trumpeter Jay Cohen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30220
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Gryder, Aaron
Nakatani, Corey
Oak Tree
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30407AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mayor of Monrovia Rob Hammond performed the marriage ceremony for Gail Chacon and Randy Medina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30134
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Marriage
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 31, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Announcement Type
Marriage
Subjects
Chacon, Gail
Hammond, Rob
Medina, Randy
Marriages
Item ID
30321AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Billy Cottrell, a Cal Tech graduate student who took part in a fire bombing spree that caused millions of dollars in damage to SUV dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley, was sentenced to more than 8 years in prison. See inset for chronology of ecoterror events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29501
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2005
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Sentences
Trials
Item ID
29685AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29341
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 23, 2004
Pages
p. A4
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Yocum, Billie ("Duke")
Item ID
29525AN
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Newspaper Index
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A federal jury found Cottrell guilty of conspiracy and seven counts of arson.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29308
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 20, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Trials
Item ID
29492AN
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Newspaper Index
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A DNA match becomes the first physical evidence connecting Billy Cottrell with the ecoterrorist attacks on SUV dealerships last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29035
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorism and ecoterrorists
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Trials
Item ID
29222AN
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Newspaper Index
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Cal Tech student William Jensen Cottrell, allegedly connected with an ecoterrorist group in connection with vandalism at Rusnak Mercedes-Benz and other car dealershships in the San Gabriel Valley, was arrested by the FBI.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27839
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Item ID
28036AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27628
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2004
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2004
Pages
p. A6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Miller, Dr. Albert Jay
Item ID
27827AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia Weekly columnists:Donna Baker reports on real estate, p. 18; John Luke writes on sports, p. 14; Billy McLellan writes movie reviews, p. 11; Dawn Mueller writes theatre reviews, p. 7; Bill Peters writes music reviews, p. 13; Vince Pirolli is the wine guy, p. 7; Jack Von Bulow, D.D.S. reports on dental news, p. 21; Kelvin Wong writes about real estate, p. 19.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31781
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 4, 2003
Subjects
Baker, Donna
Luke, John
McLellan, Billy
Mueller, Dawn
Peters, Bill
Pirolli, Vince
Von Bulow, Jack, D.D.S.
Wong, Kelvin
Item ID
31978AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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